haan ai falak-e-pir javaan thaa abhi aarif — Mirza Ghalib

phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai

umr bhar dekhaa kiye marne ki raah
mar gae par dekhiye dikhlaaein kyaa

saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa

girni thi ham pe barq-e-tajalli na tuur par
dete hain baada zarf-e-qadah-khvaar dekh kar

naakaami-e-nigaah hai barq-e-nazaaraa-soz
tu vo nahin ki tujh ko tamaashaa kare koi

marte hain aarzu mein marne ki
maut aati hai par nahin aati

hai parda-e-falak mein ye kaisaa siyah shigaaf
dekho to koi jhaank rahaa hai zamin ki or

barson se ghumtaa hai isi tarah raat din
lekin zamin milti nahin aasmaan ko

sitaara aankh mein dil mein gulaab kyaa rakhnaa
ki Dhalti umr mein rang-e-shabaab kyaa rakhnaa

sab sitaare dilaasa dete hain
chaand raaton ko chikhtaa hai bahut

hamaare haath faqat ret ke sadaf aae
ki saahilon pe sitaara koi rahaa hi na thaa

bikhertaa hai raushni ridaa-e-aasmaan se vo
sitaare jaise oDhni mein paD gae hon daagh se